Political Spectrum

Question 1

Left Wing

Answer 1

• Communism
• Have the government lead more and play a bigger role in society
• Protectionism
• Pro Choice
• Change is good

Question 2

Right

Answer 2

• People Rule

- Change is bad

Question 3

Plato

Answer 3

-Wrote the Republic

• 3 types of people in society
  1. tradesmen
  2. Guardians
  3. rulers whom should ONLY be smart (Philosophers)

Question 4

Thomas Hobbes

Answer 4

• Wrote the Leviathan in 1651
• Believed in social contract
• state of nature makes life solitary, Poor, nasty, brutish, and short. It leads to a war of all against all.

The laws are:

1. keep peace
2. Agree to exchange hostile rights if needed
3. keep all agreements

Question 5

The Nani State

Answer 5

The relationship between the individual and the state, between freedom and control.

Question 6

Democracy

Answer 6

People vote for what they want to hear

Question 7

Monarchy

Answer 7

Relies on strong Monarch (often an unethical ruler)

Question 8

Aristocracy

Answer 8

Rule by the elite

Question 9

Oligarchy

Answer 9

Rule by few

Question 10

Dictatorship

Answer 10

Still no wise Dictator

Question 11

Theocracy

Answer 11

Priest

Question 12

John Locke

Answer 12

• He believed that we all deserve rights
• If we take away someone’s rights, we forfeit our own
• We make a deal with the government and give them power for us to keep natural rights and have them protected. If they fail, we knock them down and find a new ruler

Question 13

Anarchism

Answer 13

“Absence of government”

Question 14

Robert Nozick

Answer 14

Entitlement Theory:

1. We must initially acquire property by just means
2. We must voluntarily transfer that property to another person just means

Question 15

Rawls

Answer 15

Veil of Ignorance:

• We should all have equal chances at wealth
• Natural Lottery